Shri Hit Chaurasi, pad 20
Pad 20 of the 84 pads of the Shri Hit Chaurasi, composed in Braj Bhasha by Shri Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu, founder of the Radhavallabh Sampradaya. It opens: “मोहनलाल के रसमाती”.
The pad in full
मोहनलाल के रसमाती ।
वधू गुपत-गोवत कत मोसौं,
प्रथम नेह सकुचाती ।।
देखी सँभार पीत पट ऊपर,
कहाँ चूनरी राती ।
टूटी लर लटकत मोतिन की,
नख बिधु अंकित छाती ।।
अधर-बिंब खंडित मषि मंडित,
गंड चलति अरुझाती ।
अरुण नैंन घूमत आलस जुत,
कुसुम गलित लटपाती ।।
आजु रहसि मोहन सब लूटी,
विविध आपुनी थाती ।
(जै श्री) हित हरिवंश वचन सुनी भामिनि,
भवन चली मुसकाती
In Roman letters
mohanalaal ke rasamaatee .
vadhoo gupat-govat kat mosaun,
pratham neh sakuchaatee .
dekhee sanbhaar peet pat oopar,
kahaan choonaree raatee .
tootee lar latakat motin kee,
nakh bidhu ankit chhaatee .
adhar-binb khandit mashi mandit,
gand chalati arujhaatee .
arun nainn ghoomat aalas jut,
kusum galit latapaatee .
aaju rahasi mohan sab lootee,
vividh aapunee thaatee .
(jai shree) hit harivansh vachan sunee bhaamini,
bhavan chalee musakaatee
The pads of the Chaurasi are left here without a translation, as on the full Chaurasi page: sixteenth century Braj Bhasha does not survive a one-line English gloss, and a wrong meaning of a devotional text is worse than none. Each pad closes with the chhap, the signature line naming Shri Hit Harivansh, which is how a pad is known to be his.
Questions about pad 20
Who wrote pad 20 of the Shri Hit Chaurasi?
Shri Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu, founder of the Radhavallabh Sampradaya, in the sixteenth century. The closing line carries his name, the traditional signature of authorship in Braj poetry.
How does pad 20 begin?
It opens “मोहनलाल के रसमाती”, in Roman letters “mohanalaal ke rasamaatee .”.
Is pad 20 sung or recited?
Sung. The pads of the Chaurasi are set to classical ragas, and rasik sants in the kunjs of Vrindavan still sing them.
Why is there no English meaning for this pad?
Braj Bhasha of this period carries layers that a short English gloss flattens, and a wrong paraphrase of a devotional text is worse than none. The text is given as it is recited.
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